| 单词 | goat's wheat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgoat's wheat goat's wheat n. †(a) buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum (family Polygonaceae) (obsolete); (b) (in later use) any of various small flowering shrubs of the genus Atraphaxis (family Polygonaceae), esp. A. spinosa, native to steppe habitats in south-eastern Eurasia, the Middle East, China, and Siberia (originally regarded as members of a distinct genus Tragopyrum); the genus Tragopyrum itself; (now rare). [Compare post-classical Latin aegipyrus (1718 or earlier; compare quot. 1797) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek αἰγίπυρος; compare also post-classical Latin tragopyron (1578 or earlier). In later use after scientific Latin Tragopyrum, genus name (1819 or 1820).] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Polygonaceae (dock and allies) > [noun] > bistort and allies adderwortOE arsesmarta1300 persicarya1400 persicaria?a1450 polygonya1500 buckwheat1548 polygonum1562 passions1568 bistort1578 oysterloit1578 goat's wheat1597 peachwort1597 plumbago1597 redshank1597 snake-weed1597 dragonwort1656 smartweed1787 patience dock1796 red-legs1820 passion dock1828 smartgrass1837 mud knotweed1845 jointweed1866 tear-thumb1866 pinch-weed1883 knotweed1884 sachaline1901 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 83 Buckwheat is called of the high Almaines Heydenkorn: of the base Almaines, Buckenweidt; that is to say, Hirci Triticum, or Goates wheate. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xvii. 688 The goates wheate [Fr. le Tragos cerealis] is not very much unlike unto the graine called furmentie. 1797 W. Turton Med. Gloss. 22 Ægipyrus... Goat's wheat; a sort of buck wheat, so called because it is long-bearded like the goat. 1830 J. C. Loudon Hortus Britannicus 159 Tragopyrum..Goat's Wheat. 1905 S. Turner Siberia 403 Lance-leaved Goat's-wheat. 2015 P. Clement & C. Rose Robins & Chats 572/2 Main breeding habitat..may include sage Artemisia,..goat's wheat Atraphaxis spinosa, prickly-thrift Acantholimon and larger bushes or small trees. < as lemmas |
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